[caption id="attachment_55250374" align="alignnone" width="620"] The metal fence of a construction site is transformed into an art installation by dozens of handwritten notes on the landmark Taksim…

[caption id="attachment_55250321" align="alignnone" width="620"] Lebanese drink and dance at the world famous rooftop Sky Bar on July 21, 2013 in Beirut, Lebanon. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)[/caption…

[caption id="attachment_55250295" align="alignnone" width="620"] Opening night of Syria Speaks tour at Rich Mix in London, Wednesday June 11, 2014. (Tam Hussein) [/caption] When the revolution broke…

[caption id="attachment_55250246" align="alignnone" width="620"] Krikor in Yerevan, Armenia. (Hannah Lucinda Smith)[/caption] “Flowers, I love flowers!” exclaims Krikor. “I used to skip school so I…

[caption id="attachment_55250212" align="alignnone" width="620"] Mohamed Aly Talibab performing live. (Still from Youtube, Ahmed Mekawy photography)[/caption]Mohamed Aly Talibab—he…

[caption id="attachment_55250704" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Hind Benali. (Alice Defour-Feronce)[/caption] “I get the feeling of [being] a warrior,” Hind Benali said in a recent interview with…

[caption id="attachment_55250094" align="alignnone" width="620"] One of Hala Smadi's Ottoman-style stools. (Courtesy of Wheels by Hala Smadi)[/caption] As she prepared for her final university…

[caption id="attachment_55250075" align="alignnone" width="620"] A still from Ghina Abboud's short film "Batoul...Do you see me?" (Courtesy of Nadi Lekol Nass)[/caption]Colorful posters for the five…

[caption id="attachment_55249980" align="alignnone" width="620"] A pedestrian walks past a poster appealing for aid donations for Syrian refugees by UNICEF in Sydney on April 22, 2014. (Peter Parks…

[caption id="attachment_55249862" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A still from the film "Karama Has No Walls," directed by Sara Ishaq. (Sara Ishaq)[/caption] "Anwar's life did not go to waste,"…